Europe is awash with exiles, the dispossessed that have taken up arms thanks to war, religious persecution and politics. Some fight to free their homelands and some because home is gone. A few fight for the romance of it all, and for glory and riches. All serve because it is a better choice than starving. Whatever their motives, expatriates are a useful source of men. If someone can carry a musket, there is a place in the ranks. There is always the suspicion that individuals who have turned their coats once may do so again, even though this is unfair to many. As a result, it is unusual for expatriates to serve under their own officers.

Despite the fact that many in the ranks are intelligent enough to act as skirmishers, expatriate infantry carry smoothbore, muzzle-loading muskets and usually fight as line infantry. It is easier to maintain discipline in such units.

Historically, expatriate infantry varied in quality. The Irish Catholic “Wild Geese” in French service fought well, especially against the English. The French Royalist “Chasseurs Britaniques” in the British army, did not relish battle and often deserted at the first opportunity.

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Army Encampment(army_encampment)Moving an army into an encampment well away from civilians is a useful thing to do. Soldiers no longer have easy access to the “demon drink” for a start!

Army Encampment

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Moving an army into an encampment well away from civilians is a useful thing to do. Soldiers no longer have easy access to the “demon drink” for a start!

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Barracks(army_barracks)A national army requires central organisation, if only for pay and rations. Regiments may be the preserve of their commanding officers, but the functionaries control the purse strings!

Barracks

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A national army requires central organisation, if only for pay and rations. Regiments may be the preserve of their commanding officers, but the functionaries control the purse strings!

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Drill School(drill_school)A drill school creates the common practices for an army, and turns a collection of disparate forces into a precise and clockwork killing machine.

Drill School

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A drill school creates the common practices for an army, and turns a collection of disparate forces into a precise and clockwork killing machine.

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Military Academy(military_academy)A military academy is a training establishment for young officers, those who must rely on talent, rather than connections or wealth, for preferment.

Military Academy

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A military academy is a training establishment for young officers, those who must rely on talent, rather than connections or wealth, for preferment.

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Army Board(army_board)This is the centre of the army’s bureaucracy, where clerks and secretaries of state labour to make the fighting soldiers’ lives as awkward as possible!

Army Board

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This is the centre of the army’s bureaucracy, where clerks and secretaries of state labour to make the fighting soldiers’ lives as awkward as possible!

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Army Staff College(army_staff_college)This institution educates soldiers in more advanced aspects of warfare, not just in the theory of tactics.

Army Staff College

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This institution educates soldiers in more advanced aspects of warfare, not just in the theory of tactics.

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Military Governor's Encampment(minor_governors_encampment)Moving an army into an encampment well away from civilians is a useful thing to do. Soldiers no longer have easy access to the “demon drink” for a start!

Military Governor's Encampment

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Moving an army into an encampment well away from civilians is a useful thing to do. Soldiers no longer have easy access to the “demon drink” for a start!

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Military Governor's Barracks(minor_governors_barracks)Barracks provide more than simple housing blocks for regular military forces. The buildings also serve to remind the local people who is in charge.

Military Governor's Barracks

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Barracks provide more than simple housing blocks for regular military forces. The buildings also serve to remind the local people who is in charge.

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Royal Palace(minor_royal_palace)The residence of a sovereign should inspire awe and dread in equal measure, overwhelming lesser men by its magnificence.

Royal Palace

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The residence of a sovereign should inspire awe and dread in equal measure, overwhelming lesser men by its magnificence.